Future Dancing With the Stars Champion

a haircut

Jack and Daddy had a little boys outing today to get Jack's first professional haircut. He was a little leery at first (probably a visiting Santa flashback), but quickly settled down and sat like a good boy for the whole thing. Here's some pics of our handsome little boy!

Here Comes Santa Claus

A note from Jack-

My second Christmas is fast approaching and I am getting excited even though I don’t remember much from last year, so I really don’t know what to expect. I love checking out all the presents under the tree. I have been a good boy & have not been touching the tree or ornaments, but rather I just point and say “pretty" or “cool.” I absolutely love driving around at night now and seeing all the Christmas lights, you will hear lots of “ooohs” and “wows!” if you take a ride with me! I went to meet Santa for the first time and unfortunately it didn’t go to well, he said he wouldn’t bring me any cars for Christmas (I don’t go anywhere without a car in my hand) so I got very upset:( Despite this, I still think St. Nick is pretty cool and I like to say “ho ho ho” every time I see him. I’m glad that we got plenty of snow so he will be able to get here alright on Christmas. The snow has proven challenging to play in though & it doesn’t help that I refuse to wear my mittens (my mommy gets very upset with me when I take them off), and I find sweaters and snow suits cumbersome – they just restrict my ability to play too much!

In some non-holiday related news, I have made great developments with my language abilities this past month and have also been doing some research on how to be a great big brother! In case you haven’t heard, I’m going to have a little brother or sister come June - I’m so excited :) I do realize that I will have to share a lot more once my sibling arrives, so I’m going to really enjoy this Christmas as my last being the spoiled only grandchild. I know that I’m lucky to have such great parents and grandparents and I’m very thankful for them and for all the gifts. There are a lot of kids that don’t have either this holiday season, so please do whatever you can to help these kids.

I hope everyone has a magical holiday season filled with peace and family & safe travels to all! (The one thing I do remember from last year was our trip home - it wasn’t fancy so we hope it is much better this year!) Merry Christmas everyone!

Love, Jack

P.S. I taught Daddy how to shake it & everything he knows about dancing :)

Ho Ho Ho

Daddy & Me

Watching football together

Coloring together

Happy Turkey Day

A Proud Moment

A very proud moment took place at the Vogel household this evening. One of the moments every parent of a toddler dreams of, yes, Jack went pee on the potty for the first time. We've had a potty in his bathroom for a while now and occasionally encourage him to try it. After a brief demonstration on how a big person uses the potty, I put Jack on his potty and gave him privacy for a minute or two. I returned to the bathroom and told him good try, assuming the potty seat was empty. Then Jack stood up and I realized that the potty seat was not empty........there was pee in it - yea Jack! I'm sure potty training will still be a long road ahead of us, but you have to start somewhere and we're so proud of him!

And below are a few more pictures of the latest of Jack.
Here he is trying to ride his trycicle while trying on his new Christmas outfit.

Reading his books

Jack aka "Batman"

Jack dancing with Mommy's girlfriends at Jenn's Wedding - He had a blast!

Brave Little Trooper

Well, I'm sure as most of you have heard, Jack had minor surgery yesterday. The surgery went off without a hitch, was successful, and Jack is recovering very well, all of which we are very thankful for! Jack was born with an undescended testicle, which if left untreated could cause damage to the testicle or even develop into a tumor later on in life. So after almost a year and a half of waiting for it descend on it's own, it was decided that it was time to surgically bring it down to it's proper place. It was pretty nerve wracking day (and couple days leading up to the surgery as well) so we are so happy to have it over with. The worst moment was definitely watching them take Jack back to the OR without us - he was not crying, but was reaching out to Daddy and Mommy. Then kept us updated through the surgery and it went pretty quickly. It was a little rough as Jack was coming to from the anesthesia, but he quickly fell back asleep for a couple hours and rested, and after he woke up, he was talking to us and wanted a snack - this was the best moment of the day. He's been doing great at home, sleeping more than usual & a little low key, but otherwise he seems pretty unphased by the whole thing. Thanks to everyone for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. We are ecstatic that everything went well and Jack seems well on the road to recovery!